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package org.apache.isis.core.runtime.system.persistence;

import org.apache.isis.applib.query.Query;
import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.spec.ObjectSpecification;

/**
 * Defines a criteria for including instances in set, corresponds to
 * {@link Query} in the applib.
 */
public interface PersistenceQuery {

    /**
     * The type of instances in the resulting set.
     */
    ObjectSpecification getSpecification();
    
    /**
     * The index of the first record to return, 0 means the first.
     * @return
     */
    public long getStart() ;
    /**
     * The number of records to return, 0 means all.
     * @return
     */
    public long getCount() ;
}
